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Burma activists prepare to step up media campaign

New Delhi, December 22, 2000
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)

Burma democracy activists based in India completed media skills training
workshops in New Delhi yesterday with an aim to improve their capacity
to provide news and information regarding human rights abuses and
suppression of democracy in Burma.

Burma's military regime allows no freedom of expression, and tightly
controls the media in the country. Burmese exiles with strong contacts
inside Burma are among the only sources for uncensored news from the
country. "By equipping ourselves with more effective media skills, we
intend to inform people in Burma and the international community about
the real situation inside Burma today," said Nyi Nyi Lwin, a Burmese
democracy leader who participated in the workshops.

The military junta has deprived the Burmese people of any objective news
and information. Only the overseas Burmese-language radio programs of
BBC, Radio Free Asia, Voice of America and Norway-based Democratic Voice
of Burma are the main sources for the actual news and information for
the Burmese people.

International press freedom groups, including the Reporters Sans
Frontiers and Committee to Protect Journalists have repeatedly denounced
censorship and the continuing imprisonment of Burmese journalists by the
military junta.

Two media skills training workshops were held in New Delhi from 13 to 21
December. Participants in the workshops were representatives from
various Burma pro-democracy groups based in India. Skills covered in the
workshops include accessing media, preparing press releases and
broadcast interview techniques.

"We will use these skills to maintain a free media and promote respect
for human rights in Burma even after democracy is restored," said one of
the participants.

Similar workshops were also held in Thailand this month for the Burma
democracy activists there.




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<p>New Delhi, December 22, 2000
<br>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a>
<p>Burma democracy activists based in India completed media skills training
workshops in New Delhi yesterday with an aim to improve their capacity
to provide news and information regarding human rights abuses and suppression
of democracy in Burma.
<p>Burma's military regime allows no freedom of expression, and tightly
controls the media in the country. Burmese exiles with strong contacts
inside Burma are among the only sources for uncensored news from the country.
"By equipping ourselves with more effective media skills, we intend to
inform people in Burma and the international community about the real situation
inside Burma today," said Nyi Nyi Lwin, a Burmese democracy leader who
participated in the workshops.
<p>The military junta has deprived the Burmese people of any objective
news and information. Only the overseas Burmese-language radio programs
of BBC, Radio Free Asia, Voice of America and Norway-based Democratic Voice
of Burma are the main sources for the actual news and information for the
Burmese people.
<p>International press freedom groups, including the Reporters Sans Frontiers
and Committee to Protect Journalists have repeatedly denounced censorship
and the continuing imprisonment of Burmese journalists by the military
junta.
<p>Two media skills training workshops were held in New Delhi from 13 to
21 December. Participants in the workshops were representatives from various
Burma pro-democracy groups based in India. Skills covered in the workshops
include accessing media, preparing press releases and broadcast interview
techniques.
<p>"We will use these skills to maintain a free media and promote respect
for human rights in Burma even after democracy is restored," said one of
the participants.
<p>Similar workshops were also held in Thailand this month for the Burma
democracy activists there.
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